Recount Text
Definition
Purpose
Generic structure
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Language features
In general, recount text is a text that
retells the reader about factual events in
the past.
Just like some other texts in English, the
purpose of recount text is informing and
entertaining the readers without the need to
add conflict.
Orientation = tells who was involved, what
happened, where the events took place,
and when it happened.
Events = tell what happened in
chronological sequence. (the core of
recount text)
Reorientation = consists of optional-closure
of events / ending.
Using past tenses (Monas was built in 1961).
Using specific participant (Monas was built
in 1961)
Using action verb (We visited Monas today)
Using temporal sequence (On Sunday, last
week, two days ago,...)
Using conjunctions (but, however, until,
after...)
-Historical recount text-
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Meanwhile, historical recount is a text
that is used to explain and retell factual
events in the past that has historical
values
To make it more detail, the purpose is to list
and describe past experiences by retelling
events in the order in which they happened.
